Mon, Feb 2, 2004, 4:01am (EST+5) [email protected] (Bruce) posts:
http://rnbrookwoodworking.com/Meditation%20benches/meditation%20benches.htm
Check out the giant dovetail.
Yeah, it's kinda pretty. But, sit on the ground, and be
comfortable? No way. On top, maybe, but it'd be a bit tippy probably.
I don't think I'd get much meditation done with one.
This is the version that works for me:
http://www.mauiaccessiblecondo.com/toilet.jpg
And, a women's version.
http://www.celebratelove.com/gifs/toiletchained.jpg
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It says on the page:
If you have special needs as to height etc. let us know. We can make
any adjustment necessary.
The standard bench is 14" long, 6" wide and 8" tall in the front and
9" tall in the back.
"Bob N" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> I quite like it, and as a practitioner can easily see the benefit. The slight rise above
> the floor and forward lean open the angle between legs and back a little, making it easier
> to keep balance and maintaining better blood flow to the legs. As long as the base flair
> is sufficient I don't think it would be tippy. I wonder what the dimensions are...
I quite like it, and as a practitioner can easily see the benefit. The slight rise above
the floor and forward lean open the angle between legs and back a little, making it easier
to keep balance and maintaining better blood flow to the legs. As long as the base flair
is sufficient I don't think it would be tippy. I wonder what the dimensions are...
On Mon, 2 Feb 2004 01:51:24 -0500 (EST), [email protected] (T.)
wrote:
>
> Yeah, it's kinda pretty. But, sit on the ground, and be
>comfortable? No way. On top, maybe, but it'd be a bit tippy probably.
>I don't think I'd get much meditation done with one.
>
zen meditation doesn't emphasize comfort....
In article <[email protected]>,
Bridger <[email protected]> wrote:
> part of the discipline is yoga. that takes care of the aches and pains
> so you can sit completely still for hours on end....
How does one use the thang? I just sit on a fat little pillow.
--
"Keep your ass behind you."
Mon, Feb 2, 2004, 9:03am (EST-2) [email protected] (Bridger) says:
zen meditation doesn't emphasize comfort....
I don't think so. My back killing me doesn't emphasize meditation.
JOAT
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- Pete Maccarrone
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Bridger <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> part of the discipline is yoga. that takes care of the aches and pains
> so you can sit completely still for hours on end....
Hell, I can do that now. Meditation? My wife calls it loafing.
Dick Durbin
Tallahassee
Tue, Feb 3, 2004, 3:57am (EST-3) [email protected] (Dick=A0Durbin) says:
Hell, I can do that now. =A0 Meditation? My wife calls it loafing.
You're doing it all wrong. You're probably sitting, watching TV.
The trick is, you sit with no TV, the tips of your thumb and middle
finger touching, eyes closed.
And, then learn to go to sleep without your head drooping, without
snoring, to wake up instantly when someone speaks to you, and then say
something like, "Damn, I almost had it, until you disturbed me". LMAO
JOAT
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- Pete Maccarrone
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On Mon, 2 Feb 2004 18:48:45 -0500 (EST), [email protected] (T.)
wrote:
>Mon, Feb 2, 2004, 9:03am (EST-2) [email protected] (Bridger) says:
>zen meditation doesn't emphasize comfort....
>
> I don't think so. My back killing me doesn't emphasize meditation.
part of the discipline is yoga. that takes care of the aches and pains
so you can sit completely still for hours on end....
Mon, Feb 2, 2004, 10:28pm (EST-2) [email protected] (Bridger) claims:
part of the discipline is yoga. that takes care of the aches and pains
so you can sit completely still for hours on end....
Among other ailments, I have arthritis of the spine. Yoga ain't
taking care of that. Meditation does releive the aches and pains to a
greater or lesser degree - but I've got to be comfortable to meditate.
Sitting on the floor ain;t comfortable for me to begin with, and I
wouldn't last more than about 30 seconds, max, before I'd have to get
up, and move around.
I have used meditation for years. The way works for me is to be
comfortable, and concentration. Comfortable means a chair, sofa, etc.,
where I can sit, lean my back against something, and concentrate. I
take novacain when I go to the dentist, but if it starts to wear off, I
can concentrate, and move the pain away, so I don't need more novacain.
Break my concentration, pain returns, big time, and hard to regain
concentration enough to push the pain away again. Usually that happens
when a nurse comes in, and asks how I'm doing. They tend to worry if I
don't answer. LMAO
JOAT
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- Pete Maccarrone
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On Tue, 3 Feb 2004 01:11:05 -0500 (EST), [email protected] (T.)
wrote:
>Mon, Feb 2, 2004, 10:28pm (EST-2) [email protected] (Bridger) claims:
>part of the discipline is yoga. that takes care of the aches and pains
>so you can sit completely still for hours on end....
>
> Among other ailments, I have arthritis of the spine. Yoga ain't
>taking care of that. Meditation does releive the aches and pains to a
>greater or lesser degree - but I've got to be comfortable to meditate.
>Sitting on the floor ain;t comfortable for me to begin with, and I
>wouldn't last more than about 30 seconds, max, before I'd have to get
>up, and move around.
>
> I have used meditation for years. The way works for me is to be
>comfortable, and concentration. Comfortable means a chair, sofa, etc.,
>where I can sit, lean my back against something, and concentrate. I
>take novacain when I go to the dentist, but if it starts to wear off, I
>can concentrate, and move the pain away, so I don't need more novacain.
>Break my concentration, pain returns, big time, and hard to regain
>concentration enough to push the pain away again. Usually that happens
>when a nurse comes in, and asks how I'm doing. They tend to worry if I
>don't answer. LMAO
>
>JOAT
there are lots of disciplines. there are no rules.
On Tue, 03 Feb 2004 00:15:14 -0600, Australopithecus scobis
<[email protected]> wrote:
>In article <[email protected]>,
> Bridger <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> part of the discipline is yoga. that takes care of the aches and pains
>> so you can sit completely still for hours on end....
>
>How does one use the thang? I just sit on a fat little pillow.
I'm not sure. I'd guess sitting on it with your knees on the ground
and your feet tucked under and back. I made a meditation table for a
guy once, kind of a lap tray with legs. never saw him use it though.